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not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand

classifier (in Japanese and Chinese linguistics)

spending one night ahead (e.g. at a hotel near the airport the night before catching a flight)

seasoning of grated daikon with soy and vinegar, usu. for fish or vegetables

waiting to see one's opponent's move

Aster yomena (Asiatic species of aster)

fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie)

stage prop in kabuki, consisting of a revolving panel with a life-size doll on each side

Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

Interscholastic Athletic Meet

to take a big bite

various intimate services (e.g. massage) rendered by a female high school student or young woman wearing a high school uniform

three greatest teas of Japan (Uji-cha, Sayama-cha and Shizuoka-cha)

tangible side of things (such as equipment and facilities; as opposed to the abstract side)

six-year secondary school (type of school introduced in the 1998 revision of the Japanese School Education Law)

Belarus

family crest

productive age

primary benchmark (surveying)

dumplings offered to the moon (on the 15th day of the 8th month and the 13th day of the 9th month)

distribution list (for assets after seizure, bankruptcy, etc.)

abstract side of things (such as personnel, skill, information; as opposed to physical things)

pung (or kong) of north tiles when north is both the round wind and one's seat wind (meld)

having been told something so often that one is fed up with it

(woman with) beautiful eyes and mouth

Self-Strengthening Movement (political reform movement in China during the late Qing dynasty)

you will appreciate your parents' advice as you grow older, just as it takes time to feel the effects of unwarmed sake

there is unexpected good in what others have left behind

unselfishness

type of local militia in China most active during the Qing dynasty